Got some more info for you... For the last years the process after Jim entered the manusscript took about 4 months. Jim has not sent the manusscript to the publisher yet, it is not yet finished. So, I am afraid end of February/early March is even more likely.

Oh well, I would rather have him take his time and deliver the goods than rushing it. Or, as we say in dutch: 'Wat in het vat zit, verzuurt niet.' No idea what an English verb come close though. I guess something like 'forbearance is no acquittance', although that is not really it. It is more that it will be worth the wait in the end.

I just finished re-reading Side Jobs and was going to follow it with Ghost Story but instead I've decided to first re-read the 6 short stories (Curses, Even Hand, AAAA Wizardry, B is for Bigfoot, I Was a Teenage Bigfoot and Bigfoot on Campus that have only been published in separate anthologies) and the excerpt from Bombshells (which will be published on December 3rd) first.

For my own convenience I've combined the above 6 stories and the excerpt into a single volume which I call Dresden Short Stories so I can read them as a collection on my PW.